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My MKV GTI build thread

Justin Fox

Ready to race!
Location
Sydney

DAY 1.


JIC Magic / CROSS coilovers.


OSIR carbon hood.


S2T paddle shifters.


Forge Twintake.


Milltek turbo back.


Advan RZ.


Kics Project studs.


Odyssey.


REVO Stage 1.




Neuspeed pulley and turbo discharge kits.


Eastern Creek (photo by Mark Pakula).


Solid mounts.


Catch can.


Defi gauges.






Unibrace + Recaro pole positions.


Unibrace UB.




Rieger front lip.


Photo by jdm_kid.


Photo by jdm_kid.


Photo by jdm_kid.


KW Clubsports.




Cut strut tops by Heasman Steering.


Sprint Booster.

Images from a feature in the January 2012 issue of Fast Fours & Rotaries Magazine. Photography by Chris Sorgsepp. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/FastFoursMagazine














SPECIFICATIONS
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Exterior
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- Rieger front lip
- VW front emblem (custom painted gloss black)
- Stubby antenna
- Fog Lights Open Grille
- Fog light delete
- Rear wiper delete
- OEM GTI Grill (euro plate holder delete)
- OEM R32 tail lights
- Rolled guards (top one auto)

Interior
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- Recaro Pole Positions
- NewSouth Performance DashPod
- Defi-Link 52mm Advance Gauges (turbo, water and oil temp) + Control Unit + Greddy sensor adaptor
- removed rear seats and trim
- S2T Paddle Shifters

Handling
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- KW Clubsport Coilovers + end links
- H&R 28mm solid front sway bar & 24mm solid rear sway bar
- Advan RZ 18X8 5x112.0 +48 DG
- Advan Neova 235/40/18
- Kics Dual Phase System lug nuts
- ECS wheel spacers 10.5mm front
- UNIbrace inner and under braces
- Brembo GT 4 piston calipers (front)
- 2-Piece 330x28mm floating slotted RB rotors (front)
- Goodridge brake lines (front)
- Brembo HTC 64T high temp brake fluid
- Ferodo DS2500 pads (front & rear)

Engine
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- Milltek Sport large bore downpipe & hi-flow sports cat
- Milltek Sport Cat-back Twin outlet Non-resonated
- Ti tips
- Forge Motorsport Twintake induction System
- Neuspeed Hi-Flow Turbo Discharge Conversion kit
- Neuspeed power pulley kit
- Forge Motorsport Replacement Vacuum operated Valve
- Forge Motorsport Oil catch tank
- BSH Engine Mount
- BSH Transmission Mount
- BSH Pendulum Mount
- BSH Torque Mount Insert


Electrical
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- REVO Stage 1
- Odyssey PC925 battery
- Sprint Booster

Lightening
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Antenna: -20g
Golf Manual: -818g
Tool kit: -3.78kg
Parcel tray: -1.82kg
Rear floor: -1.62kg
Rear seat bottom: -4.96kg
Rear single seat back: -6.46kg
Rear double seat back: -17.48kg
Spare wheel: -14.34kg
Rear wiper assembly: -1.02kg
License Plate surround + fog light block-off panel -300g
Rear floor matts: -572g
Osir carbon bonnet -6kg
Rear boot trim panel: -1.74kg
Rear boot trim: -2.57
Amplifier cover: -170g
Undertray: -880g
Exhaust heatshield: -560g
Oil filler neck -35g
Battery box -646g
Fog Lights -420g
Rear fender lining: -1.5kg
Front brake heat shields: -720g
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+10.80kg (H&R swaybars/Coilovers)
-3kg (Miltek Turbo Back Exhaust)
-200g (Neuspeed Turbo Discharge kit)
+1.2kg (Forge Twintake)
- 12kg (Advan RZ + Toyo R888)
+395g (Kics lug nuts)
+1960g (H&R + ECS Wheel Spacers)
- 464g (new MKV rear hatch mechanism)
- 4.58kg (Odyssey Battery)
+ 400g (Unibrace)
- 1393g (Neuspeed pulley kit)
- 1kg (BSH billet mount package)
- 10.5kg (Brembo brakes)
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= -84.61g

Mechanic: Top One Auto - http://toponeauto.com.au
Alignment: Heasman Steering - http://www.heasmans.com.au
 
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garag7

Ready to race!
Location
Spain
Awesome pics and process :clap:
one thing...10,5mm spacers on the front or all around? looks all corners evenly
what´s Advan RZ's offset/width and diameter? size tires?

Looks great without rear wiper, thinking it:rolleyes:

-garag7
 
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MasterGunnZ

The sex
Location
Florida
Car(s)
GTI
Looks good
 

Justin Fox

Ready to race!
Location
Sydney
Hey thanks for the positive comments guys. Much appreciated.

Initially I had 2 plans. One was track (the direction I've chosen) and the other was a standard Golf with bags and some offensive highlights. Bags would have been new to me as I've always focussed on handling performance with all my past cars, in the end of the day I just didn't have enough balls to go there (stuck in the comfort zone of sticking with what I know!).

I'll try to keep this thread updated from now on.

Awesome pics and process :clap:
one thing...10,5mm spacers on the front or all around? looks all corners evenly
what´s Advan RZ's offset/width and diameter? size tires?

I've got them just on the front. I installed some on the rear and damn it was sitting flush but it made the front's look weak so I took them off. Ideally I'd run a 10mm spacer rear and a 25mm front but I'm not about to go there just yet.

Here's my spec list so far:

SPECIFICATIONS
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Exterior
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- Sharan antenna replica
- Fog Lights Open Grille
- Rear wiper delete + Honda rear wiper plug
- OEM GTI Grill (euro plate holder delete)
- OEM R32 tail lights
- Rolled guards

Interior
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- NewSouth Performance DashPod
- Defi-Link Advance Gauges and Control Unit
- Stripped rear seats
- S2T Paddle Shifters

Handling
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- Cross Competition coilovers (9kg/6kg spring rates)
- H&R 28mm solid front sway bar & 24mm solid rear sway bar
- Advan RZ 18X8 5x112.0 +48 DG
- Toyo R888 225/40/18
- ECS Wheel Spacers 10.5mm fronts

Engine
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- Milltek Sport large bore downpipe & hi-flow sports cat
- Milltek Sport Cat-back Twin outlet Non-resonated
- Forge Motorsport Twintake induction System
- Neuspeed Hi-Flow Turbo Discharge Conversion kit
- APR torque arm insert

Lightening
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Antenna: -20g
Golf Manual: -818g
Tool kit: -3.78kg
Parcel tray: -1.82kg
Rear floor: -1.62kg
Rear seat bottom: -4.96kg
Rear single seat back: -6.46kg
Rear double seat back: -17.48kg
Spare wheel: -14.34kg
Rear wiper assembly: -1.02kg
License Plate surround + fog light block-off panel -300g
Rear floor matts: -572g
Osir carbon bonnet -6kg
Rear boot trim panel: -1.74kg
Amplifier cover: -170g
Undertray: -880g
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61.98kg

+10.80kg (H&R swaybars/Cross Coilovers)
-3kg (Miltek Turbo Back Exhaust)
-200g (Neuspeed Turbo Discharge kit)
+1.2kg (Forge Twintake)
- 12kg (Advan RZ + Toyo R888)
+535g (Kics lug nuts)
+780g (ECS Wheel Spacers)
- 464g (new MKV rear hatch mechanism)
= -64.32kg
 
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